The El Capitan is a gold mine located in Lane county, Oregon.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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El Capitan MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: El Capitan
Secondary: President
Secondary: Churchill
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Oregon
County: Lane
District: Bohemia
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Umpqua National Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1898
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 380 FT IN TWO ADITS
Comment (Geology): THE VEIN IS ZONED AND CONSISTS OF TWO PORTIONS; AN OXIDIZED GOLD-BEARING INNER ZONE WHICH CONTAINS PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, GALENA, AND SPHALERITE IN A MATRIX OF VUGGY QUARTZ BRECCIA AND AN OUTER ZONE CONSISTING OF BLADES AND CLUSTERS OF STIBNITE CRYSTALS IN A WHITE SILICIFIED BRECCIA.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 315
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 61
Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E. AND BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1938, METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CASCADE RANGE IN OREGON; USGS BULL. 893, P. 67
Reference (Deposit): LUTTON, R.J., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE BOHEMIA MINING DISTRICT, LANE COUNTY, OREGON; UNIV. ARIZONA PHD DISSERTATION
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